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UNITED STATES ATENT' OFFICE. A

vwiLLniM M. DorY, or New Yoan, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,369, dated January 26, 1864.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.' n

Be it known that I, W. M. DOTY, of the city, county, and State ot' ,New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Addressing Newspapers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a ful-l, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebein g had to the acccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichy Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevatign ot' the same. Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

`To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it. Y

A represents a case or frame ci' metal, or other suitable material, suciently small and light to be easily handled or carried from one placeto another. One end ot this case forms the guide for a rising and falling gate, B, which is depressed by forcing downa handle, C, on

the top of a stem, a., and which rises by the action of a spring, b, wound around lsaid stem and bearing o`n the under side of the handle. The stroke of the gate is regulated by a setscrew, c, and rmly secured to it is the moving cuttingblade D. The cutting-edge of' this movable blade overhan gs the inclined cutting-edge of the stationary blade E, and it is combined with a spring, d, in such a manner that on depressing the rising and falling gate one end of the movable cutting-edge comes down in close-contact with the highest vend of the stationary cutting-edge, and said movable cutting'edge is gradually forcedback against l the'spring d, thus producing an action precisely like that of apair of shears, and cutting off the paper quite easily and perfectly surely at each stroke vof the-gate even when the paper is-wet. From each Vend of the gate B a pivot, e,.exten'ds. into a cam-slot, f, in' the end of one of the levers F, which are secured to the sides of the case A by pivots g. The inner ends of these levers form the bearings forta rock-shaft, h, from which the pointed feeding dogs or fingers i extend in a direction toward the gate B. One or more springs, 7', acting on said rock-shaft, throw the fingers i down upon va curved bed, k, in the case A,I over which the strips of paper passon being fed to the cutting-blades. A series of dogs,

I., secured to a rock-shaft, m, and subjected to the action of a spring or springs, 'cyprevent the paper from going back in, the wrong direction. During its passage from the bed 7c to the cutting-blades the gummed surface of the strips' of paper comes in contact with a sponge, p, which is secured in 'the 'case A,

' and which is kept sufficiently moist to soften 'the gum on the paper and render it sticky.

In order to hold the paper in contact with the sponge, a series'of wires, g, are arranged in such a position that the paper is not allowed to pass from the bed to the cuttingblades without coming in contact with the moist sponge. After the strip of paper has been drawn out far enough to bring the first name and address between the cutting-blades, the gate B 'is depressed, andby this operation the projecting portion of the strip of paper vis cut ott, and on being depressed on a piece of paper or other surface on which the case `A may be placed, it adheres to the same, be-

ing pressed down by the movable blade. At

the same time the fingers 'i recede up the curved bed k, and on releasing the handle the gate is forced up by the action of the spring b, and simultaneously with this action the 'fingers 1'. catch hold of the strip ot paper and push it out, ready for the next cut. The motion of the iin gers depends upon the stroke v of the gate, and it is regulated by the setscrew c to conform to the distance between the several names and addresses marked on the slip of paper. vVhen the tingerst' recede, the slip vof paper is prevented going back with it by the action of the dogs.v When the names and address are arranged on the slip of paperat regular intervals, the action of this machine is very rapid and perfectlyfsure. By the use of the levers F and fingers the usual ratchet-wheels and feed-rollers are di pensed with, and the machine is thus great ycheapened and simpliiied in construction. A pile of newspapers done up for the mail is placed before the operator, and lhe takes hold with one hand of the handle G, places the machine on the top of the pile, and by depressing the handle the address is fixed to the first paper in the pile. This paper is now removed the machine let down on the second paper, and .the address ait'ured to it in the same man;l ner, and so on to the last; or one paper after the other may be taken up and placed underv the machine to have the address axed. The bination with the gate B, iu the manner and paper must bc gummed sueiently long befor the purpose herein shown and described.v

fore itis used to aiioWit to dry perfectly, and 2. 'The combination of the spring d with by the application of the gum it is rendered the cutters D E and gate B, iu the nimmer stiff and the correct operation of the machine herein shown and described.

is materially' facilitated. VT.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure A u M M' DOTY' by Letters Patent, is- Witnesses: t

1. The employment of the oscillating feed- M. S. PARTRIDGE, levers F, fingers i, and curved bed 7c, iu eom- DANIEL ROBERTSON. 

